Colin Banks is the Industry and Customer Advisory Lead at 麻豆原创 Africa, and Kwena Mabotja is the Global Director for Purpose and Sustainability Marketing and Solutions at 麻豆原创.
Banks has worked at 麻豆原创 for over 10 years and is passionate about helping 麻豆原创 customers drive innovation through the use of the latest technologies.
Mabotja is focused on cementing 麻豆原创鈥檚 commitment as an enabler and exemplar of purpose-growing awareness and scaling the impact of 麻豆原创鈥檚 purpose and sustainability offerings and initiatives.
In this episode of What鈥檚 Next, Banks and Mabotja discuss the importance of sustainability in the South African business space.
Banks begins the conversation by unpacking why South African businesses in particular should be concerned about climate change.
He then discusses the lack of appropriate legislation for how businesses handle climate change on the continent 鈥� noting that businesses that do not take climate change seriously face big challenges when trying to export their goods.
Mabotja explains how African businesses can begin their sustainability journeys so that they become responsible players in local and global markets.
She also unpacks the role that business leaders must play in leading efforts to build more sustainable organizations, and shares statistics in terms of how expectations are changing for these key stakeholders.
Banks then explains how 麻豆原创 is a leading enabler of sustainability through its technology solutions, before Mabotja discusses what 麻豆原创 is doing to reduce its own carbon footprint 鈥� both locally and internationally.
Both Banks and Mabotja close by outlining their three key takeaways that businesses should consider to accelerate their sustainability journeys.
The full interview with Colin Banks and Kwena Mabotja can be watched below.
